Ch. 18&19 Flashcards
A state-owned farm in the former Soviet Union managed by workers who shared the profits from their produce.
Collective farms
A go-getter individual who starts and builds a business
Entrepreneurs
A section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live as a result of either economic or social pressures
Ghetto
The execution of 6 million Jews in nazi concentration camps during world war 2
Holocaust
The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy
Multiplier effect
A people’s sense of what makes them a nation
National identity
The process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners who can run them more efficiently
Privatization
A revolution without bloodshed
Velvet Revolution
The majority of the countries of Eastern Europe have their capitols on the ________
Rivers
________is the family languages that is the most common in the region.
Slovakia
The holocaust resulted in the destruction of most of Poland’s __________
Jews
___________is the largest natural vegetation in the region
Mixed forest
The main economic activity is _________
Commercial fishing
The main religion of the people of Poland is ___________
Roman Catholic
1989 public opinion forced a __________ in Poland
Free election
The economy of ___________ is based on industry
Czech Republic
A low ____________rate is evidence that the Czech Republic has been successful in changing to a free-market economy.
Unemployment
Disputes over _______ have been a cause of conflict in the Balkan Peninsula
Land
Most of the European countries have a major _______ passing through them
River
The pop density of Eastern Europe is high _________
Katowice,Poland
Most of the European countries are ___________
Landlocked
__________ has maintained their national identity, although they have been ruled by variety of people.
Greece
The Czech Republic has existed as an independent nation since ______
1993
The Balkan nations have shared the ordeal of foreign domination and __________
Internal division
_________ is known as the garden of Eastern Europe bc of its warm summers and mild winters
Bulgaria
_________ are valuable shipping routes in Eastern Europe due to its limited access to the seas
Rivers
Where is the population density high in Eastern Europe?
Katowice and Czech Republic
What is one cause of the ethnic clashes common in Eastern Europe?
Each country has a large minority group.
One cultural trait that has helped define the polish people as a nation is?
Membership in Roman Catholic Church and attachment to the land Katowice, Poland
How do the economics of the Czech Republic and Slovakia differ?
Czech Republic is based on industry and Slovakia is based on farming and manufacturing
Why are the names of the cities and countries of Eastern Europe so difficult to pronounce?
Bc of the different language base
How would the climate affect the movement of invading armies through Poland?
Bc of the harsh winters they would be unable to invade with.
To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occurred in the Balkans after world war 1
Balkanize
What political party candidates received most of the votes?
Solidarity
____________ make travel within Eastern Europe difficult
Mountains
The majority of the countries of Eastern Europe have their capitols on the _____
Rivers
Allied powers?
USA, France, Britain, Russia, and Italy
Axis powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
After ________, many current nations were created.
WW1
Who was the leader on the nazis side?
Hitler
Around the ______ you would find warmer climates of Eastern Europe
Sea
During which world war were the concentration camps started?
WW2
What was the country that was broken into 5 different outfits that created the Balkan Peninsula?
Yugoslavia
What country was separated not the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
Czechoslovakia
